Good write! When I explain regular expressions I tend to mention the following points:
I also point people towards RegExr, especially the 'Tests' tab is amazing, make sure you also write tests for the things you do not want to match.
The greatest danger using regular expressions is a global search and replace. I can't tell you how many times I've seen inadvertent changes cause down stream problems.
Great to know. I'll update the post with a link to Regexer.
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Good write! When I explain regular expressions I tend to mention the following points:
I also point people towards RegExr, especially the 'Tests' tab is amazing, make sure you also write tests for the things you do not want to match.
The greatest danger using regular expressions is a global search and replace. I can't tell you how many times I've seen inadvertent changes cause down stream problems.
Great to know. I'll update the post with a link to Regexer.